据World Energy News网4月5日奥斯陆报道,挪威天然气系统运营商Gassco周二(5日)在奥斯陆表示,为了满足欧洲未来的需求,挪威计划大幅提高本国的天然气生产能力,为此,挪威时下评估从巴伦支海建造一条管道的潜力。
挪威目前满足欧洲大约25%的天然气需求并一直在与俄罗斯竞争在欧洲天然气市场上的最高位置。由于旨在缓和天气变化的政策,欧洲地区对天然气的需求在今后的20年里预计将显著增加。
商业协会Eurogas曾说,去年欧盟天然气消费量在过去4年里首次增加。
挪威国家石油公司5日分别表示,挪威政府已同意挪威国家石油公司在从10月1日起的一年里把特罗尔大气田的天然气年产量提高到330亿立方米。
挪威最大的气田特罗尔大气田的天然气产量占到挪威大陆架天然气总产量的大约30%。
Gassco在5日发表的年度报告中说,该公司计划从今年10月1日起的一年时间里把Kaarstoe天然气厂的日产能提高570万立方米。
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原文如下:
Norway to Ramp Up Gas Production Capacity, Eyes Arctic Pipeline
World Energy News
April 5, 2016
Oslo
Norway plans to increase its gas production capacity and is evaluating the potential for building a pipeline from the Barents Sea to meet future demand in Europe, its gas system operator Gassco said on Tuesday.
Norway meets about 25 percent of Europe's gas needs, competing with Russia for top place, and demand from the European region is expected to rise over the next 20 years due to policies to mitigate climate change.
EU gas consumption rose in 2015 for the first time in four years, business association Eurogas has said.
Norway's oil and gas company Statoil said separately on Tuesday that the government has granted it permission to increase output from the Troll gas field to 33 billion cubic metres for a year from Oct. 1.
Troll, the country's biggest field, accounts for about 30 percent of gas output from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
Gassco said in its annual report published on Tuesday that it planned to increase capacity at the Kaarstoe gas plant by 5.7 million cubic metres per day (mcm/day) to 93.7 mcm/day from Oct. 1, the start of the 2016 gas year.